So, I was pondering chi. Some of you are confused about chi, so thought I would write this up to help make things clear.
Now, I know that some of you believe that you understand chi. You think it's cool, it's a kung fu power, and you have it tattooed on your tailbone. Nope. Your tramp stamp isn't Chinese. It's not even Kanji. It's Tagalog, and it translates to "egg drop soup". That's right... Somewhere out there a US-born Filipino tatooist is still laughing about the White lady who couldn't tell whether he was Chinese or Mexican.
But I digress.
So, chi. Basically, it's life energy. We use it for everything from moving to thinking. It flows through us and keeps us alive.
There are three major types of chi. We have plant chi, which is produced by plants. We have animal chi, which is produced by animals. We have pizza chi, which is produced by pizza.
Plant chi is slow and ponderous. Animal chi is active and vibrant. Pizza chi generally smells like a mixture of animal and plant chi.
Pizza chi is not proportional to the mass of the pizza. Chi is non-dairy, so it isn't contained in the cheese. Also, bread has no chi, so pizza crust is invisible to chi. Pizza chi is produced entirely in the toppings and tomato sauce.
As mentioned, we use chi to move. This includes skeletal-muscular movement, internal organs, and even breathing. All of these use chi as fuel.
We get chi from a few sources. We get it from eating. We get animal chi from meat, and when we eat plants our bodies use bile and pepsin to convert plant chi into animal chi. This is why pizza is so popular... Pizza chi is unique to pizza, and the body can easily convert it to animal chi. Also, the acidity in the tomato sauce aids in the digestion of pizza chi.
We also get chi from breathing. Yes, breathing requires chi, but it also generates chi. If we breathe properly, we'll generate more chi than we use. This is one of the many benefits of proper meditation.
Aerobic exercise doesn't generate chi, but it does cause chi to circulate more quickly, which can cause bits of chi that get stuck to loosen and rejoin the body's chi flows.
Sex also generates chi, but in a delayed way. You have to use chi for the physical activity, but the afterglow generates more chi than you used. Some people try to make the chi generate more quickly by smoking after sex, but that doesn't speed chi generation, it only causes more chi to come to the surface of the skin, creating the illusion of increased chi production. In the long term, it actually can affect breathing, thus reducing normal chi production.
There. I was feeling somewhat scientific today, so I wanted to share a little science with my friends and family. I hope all of you feel a bit more informed on this important topic.
SCIENCE!!!
